CVE-2006-0557
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Published: March 12, 2006 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
sys_mbind in mempolicy.c in Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier does not sanity check the maxnod variable before making certain computations for the get_nodes function, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 2.6.162.6.02.6.12.6.1 rc12.6.1 rc22.6.1 rc32.6.102.6.10 rc12.6.10 rc22.6.10 rc32.6.112.6.11 rc12.6.11 rc22.6.11 rc32.6.11 rc42.6.11 rc52.6.11.12.6.11.102.6.11.112.6.11.122.6.11.22.6.11.32.6.11.42.6.11.52.6.11.62.6.11.72.6.11.82.6.11.92.6.122.6.12 rc12.6.12 rc22.6.12 rc32.6.12 rc42.6.12 rc52.6.12 rc62.6.12.12.6.12.22.6.12.32.6.12.42.6.12.52.6.12.62.6.132.6.13 rc12.6.13 rc22.6.13 rc32.6.13 rc42.6.13 rc52.6.13 rc62.6.13 rc72.6.13.12.6.13.22.6.13.32.6.13.42.6.13.52.6.142.6.14 rc12.6.14 rc22.6.14 rc32.6.14 rc42.6.14 rc52.6.14.12.6.14.22.6.14.32.6.14.42.6.14.52.6.14.62.6.14.72.6.152.6.15 rc12.6.15 rc22.6.15 rc32.6.15 rc42.6.15 rc52.6.15 rc62.6.15 rc72.6.15.12.6.15.22.6.15.32.6.15.42.6.15.52.6.15.62.6.15.72.6.16 rc12.6.16 rc22.6.16 rc32.6.16 rc42.6.16 rc52.6.16 rc62.6.22.6.2 rc12.6.2 rc22.6.2 rc32.6.32.6.3 rc12.6.3 rc22.6.3 rc32.6.3 rc42.6.42.6.4 rc12.6.4 rc22.6.4 rc32.6.52.6.5 rc12.6.5 rc22.6.5 rc32.6.62.6.6 rc12.6.6 rc22.6.6 rc32.6.72.6.7 rc12.6.7 rc22.6.7 rc32.6.82.6.8 rc12.6.8 rc22.6.8 rc32.6.8 rc42.6.8.12.6.92.6.9 rc12.6.9 rc22.6.9 rc32.6.9 rc4
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (18)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0304.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://secunia.com/advisories/19955Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://secunia.com/advisories/20398Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://secunia.com/advisories/20914VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015752Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=636f13c174dd7c84a437d3c3e8fa66f03f7fda63Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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